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Mar 13, 2018 at 6:06 PMMar 13, 2018 at 6:06 PM

United States Olympic women’s hockey captain Meghan Duggan of Danvers made her first local public appearance last Saturday, March 10, since winning gold.

Duggan was at the Big Y Supermarket on Route 1 South in Saugus in an event that was sponsored by Proctor & Gamble. Radio station 98.5 The Sports Hub was on hand providing giveaways for those who showed up to meet the gold medal-winning Duggan, who signed autographs, and conducted a hockey clinic on a makeshift rink in the store’s parking lot, where dozens of youth hockey youngsters participated in drills and simulated games.

Abby Keenan, an eighth grade student at Somerville’s Winter Hill Community School, was there with her mom, Norma, to get Duggan’s autograph, while maybe picking up a few tips from the women’s hockey icon, and also seeing her gold medal up close.

Keenan plays in the Charlestown Youth Hockey League on its 14-year-old squad. She will be attending Somerville High School in the fall, and plans to play on the Cambridge Rindge & Latin co-op hockey team, along with some of her other Somerville peers.

"It was really cool to meet [Duggan], and she was really awesome," said Keenan. "I really wanted to meet her, and skate and do things with her."

Being in Duggan’s presence for just a couple of hours conjures up thoughts of maybe playing in the Olympics someday. "It’d be cool to go and play in the Olympics," Keenan said.

Check out Abby’s complete interview on video only on Wicked Local Somerville, the Somerville Journal’s online website.